A bright cardigan thrown over your shoulders or belted gives new life to last year's favorites. You can pick up one of these for $178, and the other goes for $34. Can you guess which is the splurge item and which is the bargain? Splurge, left, J. Crew cashmere, $178, jcrew.com. Bargain, right, BP viscose and cotton, $34, Nordstrom, nordstrom.com

A bright cardigan thrown over your shoulders or belted gives new life to last year's favorites. You can pick up one of these for $178, and the other goes for $34. Can you guess which is the splurge item and which is the bargain? Splurge, left, J. Crew cashmere, $178, jcrew.com. Bargain, right, BP viscose and cotton, $34, Nordstrom, nordstrom.com (Bill Hogan, Chicago Tribune)

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